A study by the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (DIPSAR) has found that many of the toothpaste manufacturers are adulterating toothpastes and tooth-powders with high quantity of nicotine.
“Colgate Herbal and Neem Tulsi, also a herbal product, surprisingly had 18 and 10 mg of nicotine, which is equivalent to the quantity found in nine and five cigarettes respectively,” Prof Agarwal added.
“Out of the ten brands of tooth-powders examined, six — Dabur Red, Vicco, Musaka Gul, Payokil, Unadent and Alka Dantmanjan — were found to contain nicotine. Payokil was found to have the highest 16 mg of tobacco, which is equivalent of what a person consumes after smoking eight cigarettes,” he said.
“Out of the ten brands of tooth-powders examined, six — Dabur Red, Vicco, Musaka Gul, Payokil, Unadent and Alka Dantmanjan — were found to contain nicotine. Payokil was found to have the highest 16 mg of tobacco, which is equivalent of what a person consumes after smoking eight cigarettes,” he said.
The findings were, however, strongly refuted by the manufacturers of some of the dental creams and tooth-powders named by DIPSAR.
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